Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has announced that the new terminal of the Chennai International Airport is expected to be completed by 2024, and subsequently, it will be inaugurated.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Scindia added that a new location, Parandur, has been chosen out of the four sites put forth by the Tamil Nadu government for Chennai’s second airport, a greenfield facility.
“We have a very aggressive plan for the Chennai airport. We are spending almost Rs 2,895 crore for the Chennai airport expansion plan. The probable time of completion of the work is somewhere in 2024. As soon as that is completed, we will inaugurate it,” he said during Question Hour.
Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Minister also confirmed that the government has chalked out a plan along with all stakeholders to ease congestion at the country’s airports, which have been witnessing heavy traffic in recent days, and the results will soon be visible, Civil Aviation Ministry Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday.
